Marginal growth retail turnover

13/05/2011 09:30

Retail turnover was more than 1 percent higher in March 2011 than in March 2010. The growth is entirely caused by price rises; prices were 2 percent up on twelve months previously. The volume of sales was nearly 1 percent down.

The shopping-day pattern was more favourable in March 2011 than in March 2010. After a rough correction for this effect, the value of retail turnover hardly changed.

Shops in the sector food, drinks and tobacco generated a nearly 2 percent higher turnover, entirely due to higher supermarket sales. For specialised shops in the food sector, sales were below the level of twelve months previously.